THERE are few more decorated athletes to come out of Kalgoorlie than Dean Kemp.  A lightly framed football talent, Kemp cut his teeth in the Goldfields before carving out a spectacular career with the West Coast Eagles.  With Kalgoorlie hosting a WAFL league match this weekend, the 53-year-old has recalled how he fell in love with the game.  “I have very happy memories kicking the Read More ...

The WA Football Volunteer of the Year is one of the most prestigious awards on the WA Football calendar.  The Award has its origins in Western Australia and has now been adopted nationally with nearly 1350 nominations state-wide last year.  The importance of volunteers cannot be underestimated across society, bringing us together as a community, along with assisting businesses and organisations.  Volunteers are the lifeblood Read More ...

EAST Fremantle remained undefeated while Peel Thunder consolidated their finals position and Subiaco kept its hopes alive in Round 13 of the WAFLW competition across the weekend. The Round 13 action got underway on Saturday afternoon at New Choice Homes Park with East Fremantle remaining undefeated and keeping West Perth winless in the 14.9 (93) to 0.2 (2) victory. Ashlee Atkins was brilliant for the Read More ...

HISTORY couldn’t separate the two proud football states coming into Sunday's State Game at Optus Stadium with South Australia narrowly beating Western Australia by four points. Coming into the 97th meeting dating back to 1904, both WA and SA had recorded 48 wins against one another setting the stage for a fascinating contest in the 2022 State Game, and it certainly didn’t disappoint. South Australia Read More ...

The West Australian Football Commission can confirm the final team to represent Western Australia in the Kia WAFL State Team for 2022.   Please see below the final 23 players plus Emergencies for tomorrow’s match against South Australia at Optus Stadium.    Number  Name  Surname  Club  1  Leigh  KITCHIN  Subiaco  2  Luke  MEADOWS  West Perth  3  Bailey  ROGERS  Claremont  4  Stefan  GIRO  Subiaco  5  Angus  SCHUMACHER  Read More ...

Nine WA players have been invited to participate in the 2022 NAB AFLW Draft Combine.  This year’s Combine will again be state based, with dates and locations yet to be announced.  Of the 106 players invited, 78 are eligible for the NAB AFLW Draft for the first time, and there are a further 28 open-age players.  West Australian Football Commission Talent Program Specialist Elly Lambkin Read More ...

THE WAFL State Team will be attempting to break a deadlock from State Games with South Australia that stretches back 118 years when the two proud football states do battle at Optus Stadium on Sunday. It will be the 97th meeting between Western Australia and South Australia when the best of the WAFL and best of the SANFL lock horns for the 2022 edition of Read More ...

WHILE the undefeated and winless teams lock horns in Round 13 of the WAFLW competition, Swan Districts, Peel Thunder, South Fremantle and Subiaco are all involved in crucial matches that could help decide who plays finals in 2022. While East Fremantle and Claremont appear confirmed in the top two WAFLW positions for 2022 coming into 2022 and West Perth remain winless, the other two finals Read More ...

  The West Australian Football Commission is excited to announce the Kia WAFL State Team and Captain for 2022. The team, made up of WA’s best WAFL players, will take on South Australia at Optus Stadium on Sunday. Highly regarded Subiaco Captain, Leigh Kitchin, will go back-to-back in captaining the State team, having proved his outstanding State leadership skills in 2021 and over a number Read More ...

When fresh-faced teenagers Nic Naitanui and Michael Walters were making their way through junior football one umpire regularly had the best view at the ground.  Ryan Shelton began umpiring in the Swan Districts region at the age of 13 and during that time he oversaw matches involving the future Eagles champion and a young star who was destined to become a Fremantle Dockers great.  “I Read More ...

THERE were familiar faces in the WAFLW Team of the Week for Round 12 with Alex Williams and Ebony Dowson named for a seventh time for the 2022 season, and Kate Bartlett, Ashleigh Gomes and Ella Smith for a sixth occasion. The Round 12 results saw Claremont consolidate second position by beating East Fremantle 7.11 (53) to 3.4 (22) at Bassendean's Steel Blue Oval. East Read More ...

Umpiring big matches went hand in hand with Grant Vernon’s decorated career, but his fondest memories are of personal interactions.  Vernon is back in the spotlight after receiving another football honour, this time as the 2022 WAFL Umpiring Ball Legend.  “It was a great honour and a great culture in WA umpiring.  Dean Margetts arranged for me to be at a meeting of the entire Read More ...

INJURIES have opened the way for two in form midfielders to break into WA’s squad for Sunday’s State match against South Australia at Optus Stadium.  Claremont’s Ryan Lim and East Perth’s Angus Schumacher have been called up to replace injured Peel Thunder pair Tyrone Thorne and Ben Hancock.  Lim has been in outstanding form for the Tigers, averaging nearly 34 disposals a game through four Read More ...

EAST Fremantle and Claremont further consolidated their top two positions in the WAFLW competition for 2022 with Round 12 victories while South Fremantle won again to keep themselves in the hunt for a maiden finals appearance. By winning their Round 12 matches on Saturday, both Claremont and East Fremantle went a long way to ensuring they will finish the 2022 WAFLW season occupying the top Read More ...

IT is hard to imagine a more exciting afternoon of WAFL action than what the four Round 4 matches offered on Saturday with two one-point finishes and the other games also being decided by single figures. It was the last round of WAFL action before the State Game against South Australia this Sunday at Optus Stadium, and the eight teams in action all put in Read More ...